2. Schedule J of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules,
1945 of India contains a list of diseases and ailments
which a drug may not claim to prevent or cure.
Under Rule 106 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act,
1940, a drug cannot make claims to treat or prevent
any of the diseases or reform the conditions listed.
3. According to the last changes introduced in 1996 by the Government of India by the Notification
No. G.S.R. 21(E), the list as follows
AIDS
Angina Pectoris
Appendicitis
Arteriosclerosis
Blindness
Blood poisoning
Bronchial asthma
Cancer and benign tumour
Cataract
Change in colour of hair and growth of new hair
Change of foetal sex by using drugs
Congenital malformations
Deafness
Diabetes
Diseases and Disorders of the uterus
Epileptic fits and psychiatric disorders
Encephalitis
Fairness of the skin
4. Form and structure of the breast
Gangrene
Genetic disorders
Glaucoma
Goitre
Hernia
High/low blood pressure
Hydrocele
Insanity
Increase in brain capacity and improvement of memory
Improvement in height of children/adults
Improvement in the strength of the natural teeth
Improvement in vision
Jaundice/Hepatitis/Liver disorders
Leukaemia
Leucoderma
5. Maintenance or improvement of the capacity of the human being for sexual pleasure
Mental retardation, subnormalities and growth
Myocardial infarction
Obesity
Paralysis
Parkinsonism
Piles and Fistulae
Power to rejuvenate
Premature ageing
Premature greying of hair
Rheumatic heart diseases
Sexual impotence, premature ejaculation and spermatorrhoea
Spondylitis
Stammering
Stones in gall-bladder, kidney, bladder
Vericose vein
6. The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable
Advertisements) Act, 1954 is an Act of
the Parliament of India which controls advertising of
drugs in India. It prohibits advertisements of drugs
and remedies that claim to have magical properties,
and makes doing so a cognizable offence.
7. The law prohibits advertising of drugs and remedies
for
inducing miscarriage or preventing conception in
women
improving or maintaining the capacity for sexual
pleasure
correction of menstrual disorders
curing, diagnosing or preventing any disease or
condition mentioned in an included schedule[1]
The original included schedule contained a list of 54
diseases and conditions:
